 About Kevan
What does she do?
She looks at art-
"I am always visually hungry; I absorb art books, art and fine craft shows, and museums whenever I can. I am fascinated
by design, materials, techniques and process. My greatest joy comes from creative and visual problem solving."
She makes art-
Kevan is available to individuals, interior designers, architects and art consultants to create site specific commissions in fabric, thread and paint.
Whether it is called an art quilt, fiber art, textile art, cloth art, contemporary fiber art, fabric collage, or paintings in fabric, she can create it to work with your fabrics and your interior.
 "...working with Kevan has been a delightful experience. She is original, refreshing and committed. She listens, advises and produces the most sophisticated art imaginable. I would encourage anyone with an appreciation of art to engage Kevan's creativity."
-Francine Kaplan
She curates art-
Since 2006 she has been the gallery director for the Art Gallery at The Academy of Music, Spotswood, NJ.
"As both an artist and a curator or organizer of exhibits Kevan Lunney has proven to be talented, thoughtful and highly selective in her choices. She has the ability to select talented people in a context that proves to be informative, entertaining and insightful. I would recommend her for any job involving the running of an art gallery and/or the organization/preparation of art exhibitions."
-Lawrence Cappiello, Executive Director at Arts Guild New Jersey
She shows art-
Her own work has been shown mostly in the Northeast with the group of fiber artists known as Fiber Revolution. She also curates shows for this group.
She was invited to exhibit in the following shows-
- "Modern Materials", at (Artspace) Untitled, in Oklahoma City, OK, July 10 to August 27 2009, curated by Jill Rumoshosky Werner, an exhibit with many notable artists, including Regina Benson, Marilyn Henrion, Joan Lintault.
- "Bloodlines" at Indiana State University, Sept 11 to October 4, 2008, exhibited with notable artists Faith Ringgold and Nancy Crow.
See Exhibitions page for a complete list of shows.
 "Kevan has a terrific ability to know how to market and display art, and to talk about art in a way that allows others to understand what it is about and why they should love it."
-Ginny Abrams  "Kevan consistently curates interesting and professional shows that work perfectly with our gallery walls. She is reliable, is a pleasure to work with and has a positive and supportive attitude, always. She works well with artists and my office staff. Her lectures at our opening receptions are always interesting and informative."
-Melody Blasenheim
She teaches art-
Kevan loves to teach creativity and composition to fabric artists. She has taught adult education classes at high
schools and vocational schools and at the Somerset Arts Center in Bedminster, NJ.
She lectures on-
1. Her self-portrait series,
2. A collection of her work; the process of their creation with stories that delight and touch the soft spots in all of us.
3. What is an art quilt, with slides and discussion about emotion in art and how successful composition grabs our attention.
How did she start?
Kevan Rupp Lunney began her fascination with textiles while taking naps under her grandmother's pastel, depression era
quilts. She began sewing on her new Singer machine at age 9, while living in Ohio inspired by her grandmother's,
mother's and her sister's skills. By high school she made all of her own clothes, and began to experiment with tailoring
and patternmaking. She studied Fine Art at Otterbein College, and then transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York City to study fashion design. After a career in New York City designing sleepwear, she designed hand-painted
silk lingerie under her own label, Serenity.
Marriage and two children provided opportunities to start quilting as a
hobby. She made numerous baby quilts, ribbon winning guild and county fair quilts and quilts with her children's schools.
She is very proud of her 2003 Library Quilt Project which produced eleven quilts with 300 children in her town,
all of which hang permanently at the library in East Brunswick, NJ.
Now, Lunney considers making art with fabric,
"a medium which allows tremendous freedom of expression, and continues to be challenging with the breadth of possible
techniques from painting, printing and dyeing to computer generated imaging on cloth." Lunney's newest work reflects
a painterly approach with vibrant color, raw edges, and details drawn with stitched thread.
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